International Institutions for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms

The procedural period for filing an appeal is 6 months from the date of entry into force of the court decision or the issuance of a decision of the cassation instance.

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an international judicial body with jurisdiction over all member states  Council of Europe ratifying  The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , which includes all issues related to the interpretation and application of the convention, including interstate cases and complaints from individuals.

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International judicial authority with jurisdiction over member states  Organization of American States  (OAS), which have ratified  American Convention on Human Rights  (ACHR).

The African Court of Human and Peoples 'Rights, also known simply as the African Court, is an international court established by the member states of the African Union (AU) to implement the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter). Located in Arusha, Tanzania, it is considered an AU judicial organ and is one of three regional human rights courts (together with the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights). 

The Council is competent to discuss all thematic issues and situations in the field of human rights that require its attention throughout the year. Meetings of the Human Rights Council are held at the UN Office in Geneva.

May consider individual reports of alleged violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its first two Optional Protocols, concerning the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (protocol), and the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC) by States parties to the third Optional Protocol concerning the reporting procedure (OPIC).

The procedural period for filing an appeal is 5 years from the date of the violation.

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May consider individual reports of alleged violations of the rights set out in  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , States Parties  The First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ;

Can handle individual reports of abuse  International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  participating States  Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights .

Can handle individual petitions with allegations of wrongdoing  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  States Parties that have made the necessary declaration in accordance with  with article 14 of the Convention ;

Can handle individual reports of abuse  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women  participating States  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ;

May consider individual complaints of alleged violations of the rights set out in  Of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment , by the States Parties that have made the necessary declaration in accordance with  with article 22 of the Convention ;

The individual complaints mechanism has not yet entered into force: Article 77 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families empowers the Committee on Migrant Workers (MWC) to receive and consider individual reports of violations of the Convention by States parties that have done the necessary declaration in accordance with article 77. This individual complaints mechanism will take effect when 10 States parties have made the required declaration in accordance with article 77. Status of ratifications.

Can handle individual reports of abuse  Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities  participating States  The Optional Protocol to the Convention ;

Can handle individual reports of abuse  International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance  States Parties that have made the required declaration  in accordance with article 31 of the Convention.

Specialized institution  United Nations , the international regulatory organization  labor relations .